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Saturday, May 12, 2012

How to get a Burda subscription if you don't live in Europe

Every so often I see a dress pattern that I really, really want because it has a particular feature that appeals to me. I read the reviews and they're all glowing. Then there's the crushing disappointment when I find out that it's from a Burda magazine. Great, just great. I'm in Australia, I can't just wander in to a news agent and pick one up. I looked into the subscription companies - I think they were charging well over $200 for a one year subscription ................ hmmmm, not sure if I'll like that many of the patterns - they seem to feature sack dresses quite heavily and I don't think I'd need a pattern for that. So, what to do?

My MIL lives in London and it just so happens that I'm going over in a couple of months. After explaining the dilemma to tigerboy he decides it would be a great idea for her to buy them this year and we can pay her back and collect them when we arrive (don't you love that he thought this was his idea?). There is a downside to this - it means that I'll be carting these magazines around South Korea for 9 days. I travel with a backpack and I travel light - even when I'm going to both a cold and a hot climate in one 5 week trip I'll still only take between 7-10kg of luggage, if it wasn't for the nail file I'd be able to take it as carry on, so yes, I would definately notice a stack of mags in my bag.

Yep, I'll take that thanks. With the state of the Euro at the moment this is a pretty good deal for us not to mention the fact that they're delivered right to my door, I don't have to wait for months to get my hands on them and most importantly, I don't have to drag them around South Korea.

When Burda replied to me, they included a pdf that I had to fill out and send back. As for delivery? Well, I just received the April edition so I suppose it's not too speedy but that's fine for me, I'm not so speedy either.

Crazy! I did actually buy one off Ebay earlier in the year, it was a Buy-It-Now and a reasonable price but it didn't seem like the seller consistently sold them. I also think this subscribtion still works out cheaper.

Who am I?

Trying valiantly to get patterns to fit me, building a reasonable stash (that is unlikely to be used in this lifetime), inflicting clothes I wouldn't wear at home on unsuspecting international communities and generally exasperating tigerboy every chance I get.